Weather forecasting is of great value to a great many people across the face of the planet. Weather is collected from various points across our country and around the world to give us a picture of what the weather might look like months, weeks, days or even minutes in advance. These reports tell about the temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind and many other conditions. Weather stations use instruments such as the barometer (air pressure), the anemometer (wind speed), and the thermometer (temperature), to measure changes in the weather. They are used by scientists called meteorologists to forecast the weather. The value of knowing in advance what the weather is going to be, can't be underestimated. Storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes can result in tremendous loss of life and property. If we have advanced warning of a storm headed our direction, we will have time to take shelter or to prepare for the problems the storm might bring. Through the use of satellites in outerspace and ground based radar, scientists have increased our knowledge of when and how severe a storm might be.

1. A weather forecast is a ____ .

guess
scientific prediction
report of past events
report of current events

2. A weather station ____ weather conditions.

reports
causes
changes
influences

3. Weather Stations ____ weather observations.

ignore
inhibit
ignore
make

4. Weather stations report ____ .

infrequently
temperatures
sports scores
geologic conditions

5. A prediction is the reporting of ____ events.

present
past
future
fictional

6. A weather scientist is called a ____ .

meteorologist
astrologer
rain maker
geologist

7. A tornado can be predicted using a ____ .

tuning fork
thermometer
barometer
satellite

8. Weather forcasts are given ____ .

yearly
monthly
daily
twice a year

9. The weather is ____ .

predictable
unpredictable
hard to understand
impossible to understand

10. An instrument called ____ is used to measure wind speed.

a thermometer
a barometer
an anemometer
a seismograph

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